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  • I'm going to talk about Jesus because it's his birthday.

  • I'm not trying to convince you of anything, but there are details

  • that have been left out of the Bible.

  • When I was growing up, I always thought Jesus must have loved

  • the story of his own birth.

  • Wouldn't he? To him, as a child, it would've been absolutely amazing.

  • He'd be like, "Tell me again, Mum. Tell me again."

  • And then his mum's like, "All right. OK.

  • "So, well, I was asleep, and then the angel came down,

  • "done me in the ear.

  • "And then I woke up, I turned to Joseph,

  • "I said, 'I'm having a baby. It's not yours.'

  • "He was all right about it.

  • "Then nine months later, we had to go Bethlehem,

  • "oh, and it was chock-a-block.

  • "There was nowhere to stay.

  • "We ended up living in this stable - only got two on TripAdvisor.

  • "Actually, it was very nice.

  • "The hay was clean, there was a little donkey,

  • "shepherds came with cute little lambkins

  • "and then these wise men turned up with very expensive presents.

  • "The end."

  • "Oh, tell me again, Mum. Tell me again."

  • So, the story of my birth? Slightly different.

  • My parents did meet in an unusual way.

  • My dad was in a pop band in the '70s

  • and my mum was a fan of that band.

  • So she went of all of his recordings

  • and concerts and she played a long game.

  • She waited until my dad wasn't in the band any more.

  • She was the only person still sleeping outside of his house.

  • My dad eventually felt sorry for her.

  • They had a one-night stand, got pregnant with me.

  • My mum told my dad she was having a baby.

  • He told her she had to get an abortion.

  • She said if he didn't marry her, she'd kill herself.

  • "Tell me again, Mum."

I'm going to talk about Jesus because it's his birthday.

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